Head to Head - NASCAR Drivers

Richard Petty won 7. Tony Stewart won 3.

Kevin Harvick won 60 throughout his career. Carl Edwards won 28.

Bill Elliott holds a record 16, easily besting his son Chase, who would need to win the award through 2034 to break that record.

Michael Waltrip won 2 Daytona 500s (2001 and 2003). His older brother Darrell Waltrip won once, 1989..

Dale Earnhardt won 3 (1987, 1990, 1993) while his son Dale Earnhardt Jr only won 1 (2000).

Chris Buescher won the 2015 championship. Erik Jones' best finish was 2nd in 2016.

Johnny Sauter's 24 trumps Matt Crafton's 15.

Bobby Allison won 4 races (1971, 1979, 1981, 1986) while his son Davey only won 3 (1987, 1989, 1993)

Jimmie Johnson ran the #48 in every Cup race he competed in through 2020. Jeff Gordon did the same in the #24 until 2016, when he filled in for Dale Jr for 9 races in the #88.

Rusty Wallace was sponsored by Miller Lite for 16 seasons. The company only sponsored Brad Keselowski for 11 seasons.

Kasey Kahne won in his 12th race for the organization (Charlotte 2012) while Kyle Larson won in only his 4th race (Las Vegas 2021).

Both former Indycar stars, Sam Hornish Jr finished 4th at Pocono in 2009 while Danica Patrick notched a 6th at Atlanta in 2014.

AJ Foyt made 128 starts (7 wins), compared to Dan Gurney's 16 starts (5 wins).

Mark Martin won 49, topping Matt Kenseth's 30.

Kurt Busch had 339 when he retired after the 2022 season, slightly less than his younger brother Kyle's 355 at the time (Kyle passed Kurt on April 18th, 2021).